You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...

An environmentally conscious biotechnologist in Kazakhstan has raised an army of trash-eating black soldier flies to help clean up the country's struggling waste management industry. In Kazakhstan, ...

Food waste is a serious (and shameful) problem for two key reasons: 1) Good, safe-to-eat food is thrown away at every stage of the production-and-supply chain instead of providing nourishment to ...

In 2022, households around the world wasted 631 million tons of food, the equivalent of 1 billion meals each day. This staggering number comes with heavy costs for household budgets, global hunger and ...

"I wanted to create a different way to carve into that percentage of food that's wasted." Executive chef reveals truth behind ...

America has a food waste problem. In a country famed for its large portion sizes, Americans toss out some 30-40% of the food produced. “We think of U.S. households wasting about a third of all their ...

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

Oranges, apples, squash, and other fruits and vegetables lie in a muddy compost pile at a recycling facility in Placer County, California. UC Davis researchers have found that states’ food waste ...

Every day, the world throws away more than a billion meals while nearly 800 million people face hunger. This startling ...

Raising public awareness must take precedence over strict laws to tackle the growing food waste problem in Malaysia, say environmental experts.